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Inspiration, v. 4, issue 1, April 1946
Page 19
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INSPIRATION 19 and the break eventually became so wide that there was no hope of reconciliation. I've done quite a bit of Palmer-baiting myself, all of it on the grounds that the stories he was publishing weren't fit for reading by even a semi-intelligent adult. However, Palmer was actually trying for a new market -- the myriad of comic-magazine readers who were interested in having their type of material presented in prose. And Palmer has been successful in this. Actually, at first, Palmer tried hard to please fandom. Himself a fan and former writer, Palmer displayed quite an interest in fandom, to the extent of giving up the back cover position, richest of advertising profit space, to stuff of reader interest. His various columns and letter sections reflected this interest. But the chief fault was in the stories. June, 1938 was the date of the first Ziff-Davis AMAZING, and it had an experimental type cover, in that it was a full color photograph. However, science-fictional scenes didn't lend themselves too well to actual photography, so the idea was dropped after one or two trials. None of the stories in the first issue were of interest. With the possible exception of Pease's "Horror's Head", the October issue was unimportant, so far as stories were concerned. But that issue did introduce a new cover artist, Robert Fuqua. Fuqua's covers are perhaps unique in their clarity among s-f magazines, and this artist does especially remarkable work on machinery. In August, which I'd overlooked for a moment, I liked Farley's "Time for Sale".
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INSPIRATION 19 and the break eventually became so wide that there was no hope of reconciliation. I've done quite a bit of Palmer-baiting myself, all of it on the grounds that the stories he was publishing weren't fit for reading by even a semi-intelligent adult. However, Palmer was actually trying for a new market -- the myriad of comic-magazine readers who were interested in having their type of material presented in prose. And Palmer has been successful in this. Actually, at first, Palmer tried hard to please fandom. Himself a fan and former writer, Palmer displayed quite an interest in fandom, to the extent of giving up the back cover position, richest of advertising profit space, to stuff of reader interest. His various columns and letter sections reflected this interest. But the chief fault was in the stories. June, 1938 was the date of the first Ziff-Davis AMAZING, and it had an experimental type cover, in that it was a full color photograph. However, science-fictional scenes didn't lend themselves too well to actual photography, so the idea was dropped after one or two trials. None of the stories in the first issue were of interest. With the possible exception of Pease's "Horror's Head", the October issue was unimportant, so far as stories were concerned. But that issue did introduce a new cover artist, Robert Fuqua. Fuqua's covers are perhaps unique in their clarity among s-f magazines, and this artist does especially remarkable work on machinery. In August, which I'd overlooked for a moment, I liked Farley's "Time for Sale".
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